REAL DELIGHT (Wafers, '60) M. 38" Each $2.00 ROMANESQUE (Hall, '60) M. 36" Each $2.00 



A huge and gorgeous blend of blush pink and deep apricot. Petals A very large, deep mulberry flower, near the color of Elmohr but a 



are broad and thick in texture, the falls flaring and supporting a bit more "rosy." The beard is not heavv but is quite reddish. Ruf- 



hea\y, bright red-orange beard. There is a greenish chartreuse glow fled and waved, with ver\- broad standards and falls. Stalks are tall 



within the flowers. HM AIS, 1960. Shown on page 53. and stiff, the branching very good. HM AIS, 1961. 



RESTLESS WAVES (Tompkins, '67) ML. 35" Each $25.00 



"Like powdered blue chalk, smoothly blended over a milk white 

 base, giving a beautiful, foamy look to the whole flower— hea\ily 

 ruffled, conicallv domed standards and broad, o\erlapping hafts and 

 ruffled falls add to the frothy 'Restless \Vaves' effect." This is the 

 introducer's description and it is certainly apt. HM AIS, 1968. 



ROYAL TAPESTRY (Schreiner, '64) ML. 38" Each $6.00 



.\ deep blend of red, bronze, copper and violet, lavishly beautiful 

 and imposing in appearance. Of giant size, the ruffled flowers ex- 

 hibit a regal richness and an ember-like glow. Ruffled petals; excellent 

 branching. HM AIS, 1965. 



RIBBON ROUND (Tompkins, '63) EML. 48" Each $3.50 



Snow white and sharply contrasting blue, surely the most exciting 

 plicata of this tvpe to date. Huge in size, moderately ruffled and 

 ideally branched on stems up to 48 inches in height. It is one of 

 the first to come into flower and continues right through the season. 

 HM AIS, 1964; AM, 1966. Shown on page 48. 



RIPPLING WATERS (Fay, '61) M. 36" Each $3.50 



Pale bluish-orchid, a shade difficult to describe but it certainly is not 

 in any sense pink. The very bright tangerine, beard, on a creamy 

 ground, creates a dramatic and unusual effect. Big blossoms, flaring 

 falls, with ripples, ruffles and frills. HM AIS, 1962; AM, 1964. Dykes 

 Medal, 1966. Shown on page 22. 



ROYAL TOUCH (Schreiner, '67) ML. 34" Each $12.00 



Indescribably rich and smoothl The extra wide falls are of card- 

 board-like quality with a silky finish and the color is a uniform, deep 

 \'ictoria or pansv \iolet. Beard is deep blue, tipped lighter. HC 

 AIS, 1965. 



ROYAL VIOLET (Riddle, '59) M. 38' 



Each $1.50; 3 for $4.00 



The great size and all-round majestv of this fine Iris cannot be ade- 

 quately brought out in our picture on page 53. It is more blue than 

 X'iolet Hills, \ehety rather than silky and the beard is light blue to 

 almost white. The petals are extremelv broad and flaring. HM AIS, 

 1959. 



ROBERT J. GRAVES (K. Smith, '58) M. Each $1 .00; 3 for $2.50 



.-\ gigantic late white with vellow beard. It is flawless in form with 

 big closed standards and broad falls of enamel-like finish. Three to 

 four-foot stems are ramrod straight and the branching is perfect. 



SABLE NIGHT (P. Cook, '52) M. 36" Each $1 .00; 3 for $2.50 



Richest black \elvet with very deep glow of underlying red. Heavv 

 bronze beard. \Vinner of the Dvkes Medal in 1955. One of the "5 

 Iris of the Year" for 1961. Shown on page 27. 



ROCKET RUST (Gibson, '63) ML. 36" Each $2.50 



Falls are bright rusty copper smoothly blended on a creamy ground, 

 the standards solidly colored rusty copper. Lighter, brighter and 

 much larger than Chinquapin but with some of the same hues and 

 tints found in that fine new plicata. Petals are thick, broad and lightly 

 ruffled. HM AIS, 1964. See page 23. 



ROCOCO (Schreiner, '60) EM. 39" Each $2.00 



Ruffled and fluted, giant plicata of bright blue on clean while, the 

 blue pattern especially wide and heavy in the folds of the standards. 

 The falls are pure white in the center, with a ejuite distinct band of 

 blue encircling a full half inch of the pleated and ruffled border. 

 Beard is deep yellow. Patent No. 2077. HM AIS, 1960; A.\I, 1962. 

 Sec page 24. 



SAN LEANDRO (Gualfer, '68) ML. 38" Each $15.00 



A most unusual shade of light purple, or perhaps "slate-blue" might 

 be a more apt term. This is lit with a rich tangerine-red beard. 

 Branching almost from the ground, on heavv stems, it carries above 

 the average number of large flowers and thus blooms over a very 

 long season. Nearest thing to it in color combination might be Lovely 

 Lelt\. Both .Arctic Flame and Rippling Waters are in the parentage. 

 HM AIS, 1969. 



SCARLET RIBBON (Tompkins, '66) ML. 36" Each $7.50 



One of the new rcd-lt)neil \ariclics with a close to scarlet garden 

 effect. .A \ivid shade of smooth red with a slight undertone of orange. 

 Clean hafts and profuse flowering habit. Long season of bloom. 

 H.M AIS, 1967. 



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